Mrs Eliza Moffatt is an independent woman in spite of her age, and has no love of idleness. Although her eyes are no good for fine sewing these days, she can still ply needle and thread well enough to make some dusters out of remnants. She shows her independence in other ways too. She likes to tidy the downstairs bedroom arranged for her by her widowed daughter Mrs Hilda Canning, with whom she lives, and although she has not been able to potter further than a few yards down the street for some time now, she refuses to ride in a bath chair. She gets up about eight every morning and, if the weather is nice, enjoys sitting out in the garden. Her greatest joy is provided by visits from her great grandchildren who are often in and out of the house. Older members of the family have noticed that the little ones have a natural consideration for Great Grandma and without needing to be told, move slowly instead of scampering about, when she is near. She always keeps a store of mint imperials and biscuits to give to them. Two of the great grandchildren twins Beryl and Margaret Canning, children of Mr and Mrs E.Canning of Northfleet Avenue, share Mrs Moffatt's birthday. They were five on the occasion of her 103rd birthday, so when they went to wish her a happy birthday they took their own presents with them to show her. As usual Mrs Moffatt had a quiet birthday, with just family visitors, and as usual there were plenty of flowers and a heap of greeting cards and telegrams.